Do it yourself divorce

[Alley]

What is the name of your state? Texas

My boyfriend and his wife have been seperated since 2000 he is wanting to file for a divorce by doing it his self. She is agreeing to everything and all is good but what we are having the problems with is we are not sure what papers to get.. They have 1 child together and the child support has already been set for him like 4 years ago. matter of fact they are going back to court in a couple of weeks for a review. I have both sets of papers ( ones with child and ones without ) Could we use ones without child and then just attach a copy of the child support papers to it or should we use the ones with child and then just change what we need to in them. Like for instance it states in the ones with child about how much child support is and what day it will start.. The cs is already garnished from his checks every payday. So what do I do we are confused on what papers to use. Any help will be greatly appricated. Thanks

[BelizeBreeze]

Originally Posted by Alley

What is the name of your state? Texas

My boyfriend and his wife have been seperated since 2000 he is wanting to file for a divorce by doing it his self. She is agreeing to everything and all is good but what we are having the problems with is we are not sure what papers to get.. They have 1 child together and the child support has already been set for him like 4 years ago. matter of fact they are going back to court in a couple of weeks for a review. I have both sets of papers ( ones with child and ones without ) Could we use ones without child and then just attach a copy of the child support papers to it or should we use the ones with child and then just change what we need to in them. Like for instance it states in the ones with child about how much child support is and what day it will start.. The cs is already garnished from his checks every payday. So what do I do we are confused on what papers to use. Any help will be greatly appricated. Thanks

Reading your post shows that you have no conception of the process or pitfalls that may occur.

Tell your boyfriend and his wife to share the cost of a competent attorney to file the paperwork so that a year down the road when you want to marry him, he doesn't commit bigamy.

[Alley]

I understand it completly that is how i did my divorce but i didn't have any children with my ex so it was very simple. Everything with them 2 regarding the child has already been set. There is no property for them to split. nothing. We have all the paper work regarding the cs. She won't help pay for anything she has already made that clear.

[Ohiogal]

Originally Posted by Alley

I understand it completly that is how i did my divorce but i didn't have any children with my ex so it was very simple. Everything with them 2 regarding the child has already been set. There is no property for them to split. nothing. We have all the paper work regarding the cs. She won't help pay for anything she has already made that clear.

Here is the problem -- there are differences between a divorce with a child and one without that you DO NOT UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY. You understand YOUR divorce from your ex but you CANNOT understand your boyfriend's divorce. And if you prepared the divorce papers for him then you are breaking the law. No one can tell you how to file the papers because you can't file them. HE has to file literally or his legal representative has to file because only those two people can legally file papers. (Legal representative means lawyer). And if he and his ex are in agreement and filing together then they BOTH have to file -- literally -- in many jurisdictions. Have you read the local rules for your jurisdiction -- because the answers to your questions are in there. But apparently from your question you haven't. Which means that your boyfriend needs an attorney to make sure the paperwork is in order.

[weenor]

I would add that an experienced attorney can see problems down the road with an agreement that you or your bf cannot even fathom.

[ceara19]

Originally Posted by weenor

I would add that an experienced attorney can see problems down the road with an agreement that you or your bf cannot even fathom.

In a divorce WITH children, a judge is much less likely to allow the case to proceed WITHOUT an attorney present, if for no other reason then to represent the CHILDREN. My paperwork was in absolutely perfect order and my case was still set aside until an attorney was hired.

[Bali Hai]

Originally Posted by ceara19

In a divorce WITH children, a judge is much less likely to allow the case to proceed WITHOUT an attorney present, if for no other reason then to represent the CHILDREN. My paperwork was in absolutely perfect order and my case was still set aside until an attorney was hired.

That just shows who really is conducting court business.

These judges decisions don't amount to a popcorn fart without an attorney advising them.

[ceara19]

Originally Posted by Bali Hai

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That just shows who really is conducting court business.

These judges decisions don't amount to a popcorn fart without an attorney advising them.

What I found amusing was the fact that even after hiring an attorney, nothing at all in the papers was changed in anyway. The only thing having a lawyer did was make ME several thousand dollars poorer.